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Published by Gollancz, London, UK, 1932
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Gollancz, London, 1932 First Edition 280 page Hardcover Lacking the dust jacket. A good copy with edge wear and dust soiling. See photo bx 209.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1947
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. A novel from this prolific author. Softening of the backstrip edges and rubbing of the panels. Flecking of the panels. Age toning of the text block edges and panels. Offset tanning of the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0123689.
Published by Collins, London, 1943
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the spine. A novel based on the life of the child prodigy Thomas Chatterton. He died at age 18. There has been raging debate since his death as to how prodigious a talent Thomas Chatterton really was. This novel, the author, contends that he was all he was reputed to big and much more. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the Booker Corners. Browning, foxing and dust marks to the top text block edge and browning to the other text block edges. Lower text block edge, uncut. Some fading and rubbing to the book panels and the backstrip is quite faded. Browning to the internal pages. Previous owner's name and to the free front endpaper and original bookseller's stamp to the lower lefthand corner of the free front endpaper. On the rear endpaper as a previous owner has pasted the front fold over panel blurb and a newspaper article from 1944. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Historical; Inventory No: 0105196.
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London, 1931
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. Mix of supernatural, sf, mystery and thiller novel in which the main character discovered a means of isolating the various personality fragments within himself and projecting them as living beings." - Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #122. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-7. A very good plus copy without dust jacket. (9649).
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1940
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. 512, cloth. First U.S. edition. A fictionalized biography of English writer Charles Lamb (1775-1834). Endpapers foxed, a very good copy in good worn and foxed dust jacket. (#159059).
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book itself is good. Dust wrapper poor with large piece missing from front, smaller pieces from spine end, creasing also. Please see images for condition. Internally good, all pages appear clean, bright and unmarked, binding tight. Top and Fore Edge with foxing marks and age related discolouration. Dust wrapper has now been fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 302g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.
Published by Alvin Redman Limited, London and Sydney, 1953
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of criminous tales, excepting "Mr. Albert Finkleman," a rejuvenation story, and "Long Bottom Ground," a (possibly) haunted dinghy. Bell, though largely forgotten now, was a significant producer of science fiction (among other genres) in England between the 1930s and 1950s. Hubin (1994), p. 62. Not in the standard fantasy checklists. NCBEL IV 523. A clean, near fine copy. Scarce. (#116302).
Published by Alvin Redman Limited, London, 1955
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-264, boards. First edition. Presentation copy with full page inscription by Bell to "John" signed "Stephen" and dated 29 December 1955. NCBEL IV 523. A near fine copy in good torn and chipped dust jacket. (#85190).
Published by Alvin Redman, London, 1961
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-five short stories plus a short autobiographical "preface" by Bell. Contains a sprinkling of crime, fantasy and science fiction. "Message to Mars" is a tale of the future. Hubin (1994), pp. 62-63. NCBEL IV 524. Small "Boots" library label on front board, a bit of tanning to edges of text block, stains on pages 105, 176-177 and 194-199, a good copy in bright, near fine dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and corner tips and small "Boots" sticker at lower right corner of front panel. A scarce book seldom found in nice condition. (#116303).
Published by London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1956, 1956
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[Crime Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.256. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'Dear John | For Greene may come and | Waugh may go | But I go on forever | - well, nearly. | Warmest regards, Neil Bell. | Brixham Oct 26 1956.' Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 13/6 to front flap. Interior lightly toned and marked. Mild toning and rubbing to jacket. Minor wear to extremities. Very good. A thriller surrounding a murder, in which the victim is only revealed at the end of the novel.
Published by Alvin Redman, London, 1966
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumously published short novel (a detective story) and eight short stories. "Miss-Fire" is an odd story that revives Verne's character Arne Saknussen from VOYAGE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. "Vox Populi" is a political fantasy set in the near future. Bell, though largely forgotten now, was a significant producer of science fiction (among other genres) in England between the 1930s and 1950s. Hubin (1994), p. 62. NCBEL IV 524. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#116301).
Published by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1946
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects fifty-three stories, including dark fantasy and several short scientific romances, with a nine-page preface by the author. See Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 281-2 and elsewhere. Bell is probably best known for his ambitious SF novel, THE SEVENTH BOWL, published in 1930 under the pseudonym "Miles." Science-fictional material in the present collection includes "More Than Flesh and Blood Could Stand," "The Root of All Evil," and "The Crack in the Wall." A typical plot in these stories revolves around a person whose paranormal abilities bring him only misery. Hubin (1994), p. 62. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). A bright, very good copy in very good dust jacket with wear at edges, internal offsetting from old tape mends with some show through on rear panel, and some dust soiling to rear panel. Scarce. (#115861).
Published by Alvin Redman, London, 1962
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-nine short stories, some criminous. NCBEL IV 524. Not in Hubin (1994). A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear to three corner tips. A scarce book seldom found in nice condition. (#116304).
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London, 1931
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [1-2] 3-358 [359-360: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], frontispiece map, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough-trimmed. First U.S. edition. The author's second novel, first published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz Ltd. "Mysterious events in a small town are ultimately explained as the result of a series of experiments in the evocation of alternate personalities. A curious elaboration of the Jekyll-and-Hyde motif ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-7. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 221-22. Bleiler (1978), p. 19. Reginald 01052. Small private owner's book label affixed to front paste-down. A clean, tight, very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges, light age-darkening to spine panel, and several small internal tape mends (no show through). Uncommon in jacket. (#90106).
Published by Alvin Redman Limited, London, 1953
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. "Collection of three novellas, with a prefatory essay on horror fiction. In 'Culver Island,' a group of castaways is terrorized by monstrous crabs; in 'Thirty-six Hours,' a young woman is seduced by a modern Jack the Ripper; in 'The Mate of the S. S. Vega,' a castaway forced to eat human meat in order to survive becomes addicted to it. The themes were brutally shocking in their day, but they are addressed in an uneasily clinical manner." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-28. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-25. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 19 (cataloguing a proof copy). Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 28. Reginald 01053. Hubin (1994), p. 63. NCBEL IV 523. A fine copy in nearly fine 10/6 dust jacket with several short tears at edges one at the top edge of the rear spine fold with tiny internal tape mend with no show through on outer surface. (#171765).
Published by London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950, 1950
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 380 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'John R. Cronland | with all kind thoughts | from Neil Bell | Brixham | June, 1950.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lowen, priced at 12/6. Internally crisp and clean, with perhaps a touch of toning to edges, and a little light wear and bumping to cloth. Jacket rubbed to edges, with some chipping. Very good.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London, 1931
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [1-2] 3-358 [359-360: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], frontispiece map, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough-trimmed. First U.S. edition. The author's second novel, first published in 1931 by Victor Gollancz Ltd. "Mysterious events in a small town are ultimately explained as the result of a series of experiments in the evocation of alternate personalities. A curious elaboration of the Jekyll-and-Hyde motif ." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-7. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 122. Stableford, Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950, pp. 221-22. Bleiler (1978), p. 19. Reginald 01052. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket. Uncommon in jacket. (#130207).